Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road ... so much freedom that I couldn’t even choose what position to hold my body in because I was cuffed and shackled so tight. In those moments, I ...

Ross Ulbricht, formerly known online by the pseudonym "Dread Pirate Roberts" (a nod to the novel "The Princess Bride"), is known today as the founder of the Silk Road marketplace, a former site on ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. A wallet linked to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of illegal drug marketplace Silk Road, received ...

An auction of personal belongings from Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has brought in more than $1.8 million worth of Bitcoin as collectors vied for pieces of crypto history. Ulbricht, who was ...

Chainalysis told WIRED that it tracked a $31 million Bitcoin donation to online black market Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht to a successor marketplace called Alphabay. A crypto wallet tied to the ...

Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road, received 300 BTC in June 2025, worth over $31 million. Blockchain analysis tied the donation to old AlphaBay darknet wallets. The donor’s identity remains ...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has a message for the crypto community: if you want to maintain your freedom, you must remain unified and decentralized, and you must be ...

Silk Road founder Ross William Ulbricht gave a speech about the principles of freedom, decentralization and unity. Last week, Ross William Ulbricht, at the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, gave a ...

Ross Ulbricht’s recent receipt of 300 Bitcoin is from “questionable sources,” but it’s unlikely to be a case where he donated it to himself, says blockchain researcher ZachXBT. Ulbricht ...

Ulbricht is a pioneer of dark web commerce: the place where people go to buy and sell stuff that isn’t necessarily legal. That’s what landed him in jail, after authorities finally caught up ...

WIRED reached out to Ulbricht for comment about the donation's origin via contacts at the Free Ross campaign that lobbied for his pardon, but didn't immediately receive a response. Prior to ...